"For The Gambia,
our homeland,
We strive and work and pray,
That all may live in unity,
Freedom and peace each day.
Let justice guide our actions
Towards the common good,
And join our diverse peoples
To prove man's brotherhood.
We pledge our firm allegiance,
Our promise we renew;
Keep us, great God of nations,
To The Gambia ever true."
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 There
is some argument over who wrote the actual words and music of
the national anthem. The music is said to be based on the Gambian
Kora music
of Foday Kabba Dumbuya. It is said that the anthem was written
by Virginia Julie Howe and adapted (composed) by Jeremy Frederick
Howe for the traditional Mandinka
song.
Some have said that it was the father of Marcel Thomasi, the previous
head of the Information Department who wrote the words to the
anthem as well as designed the Gambian national flag
we know today.
The Country's Mott0:
"Progress,
Peace and Prosperity"
National Pledge:
"It is the combination of Government
and people working together in unison and harmony,
That still lead us to achieve the progress that we all desire.
We must stand together as one people with one goal and move forward
as one nation.
For if we insist on pursuing our personal goals without keeping
our collective.
Objectives and responsibilities in mind,
Then indeed we shall fall. Let us renew these promises we made
to ourselves and to our
Country at the time of independence
as enshrined in our National Anthem."
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